American Airlines confirmed that an Ivy League economist was interrogated and ethnically profiled after he was seen doing math on a flight.
The company said a woman expressed concerns about Guido Menzio, a University of Pennsylvania economics professor. She apparently thought the equations he was writing could be a sign he was a terrorist, the Guardian reported.
Menzio was flying from Philadelphia to Syracuse on Thursday to give a talk at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. He was at the time trying to solve a differential equation.
American Airlines passenger planes are seen on the tarmac at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, June 8, 2015. ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images
